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England’s Covid dilemma: how to ease lockdown without deepening social divisions
Inequalities in vaccine take-up rates highlight need for government to build trust in deprived communities Covid vaccine strategy will ‘unravel’ unless inequalities addressed See all our coronavirus coverage Stark variations…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong gym cluster grows and more buildings locked down, as 24 new cases of Covid-19 spark fears of fifth wave in city
Hong Kong locked down another 11 residential buildings in wealthy areas of the city on Sunday, after officials confirmed 24 new cases of Covid-19 and warned the coronavirus was still…
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Coronavirus: British Airways boss says vaccinated people should be allowed to travel without restrictions
British Airways’s new boss said vaccinated people should be allowed to travel without restriction and non-vaccinated people with a negative Covid-19 test, as he set out his ideas for a…
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Coronavirus: in Hokkaido, Japan’s luxury ski resorts say the snow must go on
Over Christmas 2019 and into the New Year, there was hardly a hotel room, chalet or high-end condominium to be had in the Hokkaido mountain town of Niseko. Restaurants were…
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Coronavirus: Australia aiming to create travel bubble with Singapore by July
Australia is “working with Singapore” to create a travel bubble between the two nations as early as July, officials said on Sunday, in an effort to restart tourism and travel…
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Coronavirus live news: Scott Morrison and chief medical officer get second vaccine dose; US administers first vaccine dose to more than 100m
Germany warns cases could hit Christmas peak by April; Australia records first local Covid case in more than two weeks; Poland reports rise in daily cases Australian PM and chief…
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As Covid-19 pandemic shows, public health messaging done badly is a danger to all
Public health messaging is fraught with danger. We saw this last year with the disastrous communication around face masks, in which ministers in Western countries undermined confidence in mask-wearing, most…
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Greggs was on a roll before Covid, but has it passed peak pasty?
The baker’s results this week may foreshadow how much the virus is changing Britain’s shopping and eating habits It’s crunch time for Greggs this week as the bakery chain reveals…
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Coronavirus: Norway highlights new bleeding issues after AstraZeneca inoculations
Three young people who received the coronavirus vaccine manufactured by AstraZeneca subsequently developed internal blood clots or bleeding in the brain, Norway’s public health institute Folkehelseinstituttet said on Saturday.All three…
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‘Over-supplied’ US faces pressure to send Covid vaccine doses to less wealthy countries
US bought enough doses to vaccinate whole eligible population twice, but continues to resist sharing in effort to ‘over-prepare’ The US is under increasing pressure to share Covid-19 vaccine doses…